Secret language
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Secret language may refer to:
- Cant (language), also known as cryptolect, the jargon or argot of a group, often employed to exclude or mislead people outside the group
- Argot, strictly a proper language with its own grammar, used to prevent understanding by outsiders; sometimes argot is used as a synonym of cant or jargon
- Sacred language, also called a ceremonial or a ritual language, which is only learned and used by a select initiated group
See also
[edit]- Cryptography, the practice and study of hidden information
- Language game, a system of manipulating spoken words to render them incomprehensible to the untrained ear